Celina water treatment plant employees continue to make do with outdated equipment, some more than 50 years old. Pictured is a 1952 feeder of potassium permanganate. Improvisations are often needed to keep machinery operational, plant employees say.

Equipment at the Celina Water Treatment Plant dates back to the 1950s from companies no longer in existence, but Superintendent Mike Sudman and his crew of seven continue to make do with what they have.
And many times, instead . . .